Cops chase kangaroo down Texas highway (video)

By Staff, Digital First Media and wire

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11/14/2013 08:00:22 PM MST

Cops chase kangaroo down Texas highway (video)

West Texas police found themselves in a peculiar pursuit Tuesday night.Deputies thought dispatchers were crazy when calls came in from people who said they saw a kangaroo hopping along a rural highway, Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter told The Associated Press. Patrol car video captured some of the chase.Deputies helped corner the 4-foot-tall kangaroo as the owner offered a treat to the animal, then grabbed the pet.Painter said Wednesday that Midland County has an exotic animals ordinance and owners must ...